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It is fine for Conlin to wax about the good old days and late/great columnists, it is fine to salute those who recently lost jobs, but I completely disagree with the need to publicly lament what everyone considers the demise of newspapers. This doesn't just go for this piece, which is most...

In this day and age in all honesty? Keep working hard, don't bench, don't ask for a raise. Wait for the guy making more on the college beat to take a buyout or get laid off and the cheaper employee with the positive attitude to get promoted.

I am no Mets or Buckner fan, but it is not even close. If Buckner fields the ground ball, the inning is over but the game was already tied. Plus the Red Sox had Game 7, which they lost even when a rainout allowed them to start 2-0 Bruce Hurst instead of Oil Can Boyd. I mean if the Buckner...

Here is the thing, haven't we always sorta given it away? Most newspapers charge less than 50 cents a day for home delivery. Considering the cost of newsprint, ink, transportation, and labor we are basically giving away the content for free in print, too. With current gas prices, there is no...

There are some restrictions when it comes to sports content (for now), but you can now routinely see Plain Dealer bylines in Akron, Columbus in Cleveland and vice versa. It started in the spring with the state's largest papers (Cleve, Cincy, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Canton). Currently...

Quite often, "talk about..." comes from people who need soundbytes and they want them quick and clean. However, two things from last night's presser were of interest to me. One as Phil Jackson kept saying "it's not over, it's not over" and not answering the question, I believe Mike Breshnahan...

They have told other members of their department that they are going to hire from outside. I doubt there will ever be an open posting for a job like this. Then again, they could change their minds and promote from within. If you look at the staff there aren't a whole lot of candidates, they...

Sandy Keenan, deputy sports editor and, I believe, the wife of respected NYT reporter Michael Winerip.

The Toledo Blade and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette are owned by the Block family and family members are the publishers. Both have endured cuts like most places but in general have always treated their employees incredibly well. The Blade used to have one of the best benefits packages in the...

For something to be longer than 50 inches, the depth of the piece better be damn good and filled with important details that matter to the story, not just those that matter to the writer. I know that some editors pass out these 100-inch edicts because they have the space. Then you attempt to...

ABJ covers Browns with beat writer/columnist/photo on road and goes to all road Indians, Cavs and Ohio State games. As for their Akron/Kent State coverage, they rarely go out of state. Didn't used to be that way, but it is now.

First, stop wasting time by reading this site. There are diminishing returns for working at college newspaper, after awhile all you're doing is getting the paper out and you can stop growing. You'd be better off developing newer skills and getting new experiences elsewhere, especially if you...

The word going around is the ABJ has been given the go ahead to make two hires in place of Pluto, who already the highest paid sports writer in Ohio before he took even more from the PD. With McManamon being promoted, it is assumed one will be for the Browns beat. Marla was just a fill in a...

The word is Howard Beck is moving to general NBA and Liz Robbins is taking leave to write a book. The Times is also without a Nets writer as well at the moment. In the past they've used interns/stringers on that beat methinks. Windhorst is excellent and he works as hard as anyone. Not only...

So, let's see if I get this right. McClatchy dumps the ST for less than 50 cents on the dollar just before the end of the tax year to ease the burden of the capital gains taxes they will have to pay on all those papers they sold. The equity firm jumps in like someone on Flip This House getting...